Ocena politike pregona konoplje v Republiki Sloveniji, Kraljevini Nizozemski in Združenih državah Amerike : diplomsko delo univerzitetnega študija

V teoretičnem delu avtor predstavi konopljo najprej kot rastlino in v nadaljevanju kot prepovedano drogo. Omenjena je njena več tisočletna zgodovina in povezanost s človekom, prikazana njena široka uporabnost v industriji in prehrani, nekaj besed pa avtor nameni visoki medicinski vrednosti omenjene rastline. V nadaljevanju avtor predstavi konopljo kot prepovedano drogo, pri čem prikaže njeno izredno visoko razširjenost, učinke ter posledice uporabe. Predstavljen je tudi odnos Republike Slovenije do konoplje, kjer je opisana področna zakonska regulativa ter delo policije pri odkrivanju in preiskovanju kršitev zakona s področja drog. Na koncu teoretičnega dela se avtor podrobno ukvarja z različnimi pristopi do urejanja problematike drog in prikaže politiko Združenih držav Amerike kot predstavnice najstrožjega modela, politiko Kraljevine Nizozemske kot predstavnice liberalnega modela ter politiko Republike Slovenije kot predstavnice mešanega modela obravnave prepovedanih drog. V empiričnem delu avtor analizira in predstavi podatke, zbrane iz nacionalnih poročil omenjenih držav in njihovih pristojnih institucij s področja drog. Prvi del raziskovanja je namenjen ugotavljanju dejanskega stanja na področju drog v Republiki Sloveniji, Združenih državah Amerike ter v Kraljevini Nizozemski in avtor že tu dobi prve vtise o uspešnosti različnih strategij držav. Pri delu se osredotoči predvsem na razširjenost uporabe marihuane med splošnim prebivalstvom in mlado populacijo, zdravstvene težave in smrtnost, povezano z uporabo drog, ter na kriminaliteto s področja prepovedanih drog. V nadaljevanju raziskovalnega dela avtor dobljene rezultate med državami primerja in tako pride do zaključnih ugotovitev, kateri pristop do urejanja problematike prepovedanih drog je na določenem segmentu najbolj učinkovit in primeren. Na podlagi dobljenih rezultatov avtor uspe potrditi hipotezo in zaključi z ugotovitvijo, da je toleranten odnos do marihuane najbolj primeren način obravnavanja te droge.In the theoretical part author presents cannabis first as a plant and later on as an illicit drug. First he introduces history and relationship between cannabis and human that lasted several thousand years throughout the history, than he presents hemp usefulness in nutrition as well as industry and afterward a few words about a broad medical value of the plant are spoken. The author then presents cannabis as an illicit drug and focuses on its extremely high prevalence, effects and consequences of use. There is also some mention of Slovenian legislative approaches to cannabis and about the work of Slovenian police in the field of detecting and investigation of drug law offences. At the end of theoretical part the author shows various approaches to regulation of drug problems and presents drug policy of the United States of America, as a representative of a very strict model, drug policy of the Nederlands, as a representative of a liberal model and last drug policy of Slovenia, as s representative of a mixed model of drug treatment. In the empirical part, the author analyses and presents data collected from national reports and their institutions on illicit drugs. The first part of research is aimed at identifying the actual drug situation in Slovenia, United States of America and the Nederlands and already the first impressions are made on the effectiveness of different drug strategies. In his research the author is mainly focused on prevalence of cannabis use among general and young population, health problems and mortality associated with drug use and crime in the area of illicit drugs. The following research includes a comparison of all obtained data between countries which provides a conclusion as to which approach to reduce drug related problems is most effective and appropriate on a particular fragment of the issue. Based on the result of the research author successfully confirms his hypothesis and concludes that tolerant attitude towards cannabis is the most appropriate approach of dealing with this drug